Pittman Urges Strong U S Defenses Against Japan
Senator Pittman of Nevada, chairing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, calls for naval and air forces sufficient to protect U S rights as Japan's policy toward China and Manchuria is denounced as violated treaties. He contrasts U S aims with Japan's expansion and affirms the nine power pact and Monroe Doctrine in warning foreign powers.
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Japan
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America
Pittman D.nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Congress
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Manchuria
League of Nations
U. S
Hiroji Saito
Americas
Latin America
Canaries Smother in Fire Rupture at Hudson Home
About 50 canaries died when a furnace explosion tore through the residence of E. E. Klein, Hudson superintendent of schools, Sunday. The fire nearly destroyed the home, with investigators attributing the tragedy to the furnace blast.
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Hudson
E. E. Klein
Poor Pa by Claud Callan
A humor piece recounts a mother trading a thin quarter at church after a grocer rejected it. She defends her conscience by sparing the sermon’s quality as insufficient. The quip reflects small town church and grocery life with wry observations.
Snow sled aids Muscatine farm families in snow emergency
A horse drawn bed sled with WPA workers delivered medicines groceries milk and chewing tobacco to marooned Muscatine county families. The improvised sled carried up to 100 gallons of milk per trip and stopped at several farms including Liebbe Paetz Jewett and McConnahan while medicine went to the Goddard farm. The first trip was Sunday and a second was begun today.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
WPA
Lake Liebbe
William Paetz
Elmer Jewett
Dave McConnahan
Goddard Farm
Moscow Road
Mulberry Avenue
Two Perish as Oquawka Home Burns
A fire in Oquawka Illinois Friday night killed William Stempel and his sister Mrs Jen nie Hartman of Burlington Iowa. The blaze trapped victims as doors were barred and a blocked rescue attempt followed a frozen fire whistle. Authorities planned an inquest for Sunday morning.
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Oquawka
Ill
William Stempel
Jennie Hartman
Burlington
Stempel
Clifford Seymour
Pekin Man Held in Fatal Shooting
Pekin, Ill. William Joseph Potts, 23, is held on a charge of fatally shooting his brother in law Clarence Rupp, 35. Potts allegedly confessed to eight another shooting after an argument at the home of Ruth Potts, sister of Potts. The case links to a prior wound during a labor dispute at American Distillery involving non union cab drivers supplying workers.
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Pekin
William Joseph Potts
Clarence Rupp
Nathan Elliff
Potts
Rupp
Ruth
Elliff
American Distillery Company
Averting Strike Hope Delayed Talks With Mayor
In New York a potential 100000 dressmakers strike hung in the balance as a conference with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia was postponed to allow direct negotiations between union and garment manufacturers. The talks were rescheduled to continue through the day with no official statements but renewed hope for a settlement.
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New York
Fiorello la Guardia
Milk shortage hits Muscatine as blocked roads impede supply
Roads around Muscatine blocked by drifts cut milk flow to the city. Only about 10 percent of local dairy suppliers could reach the city on Sunday, forcing schools to limit milk to Garfield and Franklin pupils. City, county and state officials moved to clear highways while Farmers Dairy Market used a horse drawn sled to deliver to routes.
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Muscatine
Clifton
Davenport
Sweetland
Herman Lord
Fred Alteneder
State Highway Commission
Russell Frink
Washington
Farmers Dairy
Garfield
Franklin
South Muscatine
Weather forecast for Iowa and Illinois from the text
Iowa and Illinois forecasts show generally fair conditions. Tonight and Tuesday will be cold with slightly warmer readings in the extreme southwest of Iowa and extreme south Illinois.
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Iowa
Guards Save Seven From Floating Ice
Seven CCC youths marooned on floating ice in Cape Cod bay were rescued by coast guardsmen after 22 12 hours adrift when ice broke from Brewster. The Harriet Lane failed to break through thick ice, a small boat pushed over ice saved the group in two separte clusters. One youth had frozen feet. others suffered cold and exposure and required treatment aboard.
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Boston
CCC
Cape Cod Bay
Brewster
Harriet Lane
Army
Man Drops Dead Shoveling Snow In Illinois City
Henry Wylie, an Illinois City resident of many years, died suddenly Sunday at about 9:30 am while shoveling snow at his home. He was 83. Funeral plans await the coroner to decide on an inquest.
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Journal News Service
Illinois City
Henry Wylie
Court Ruling on TVA Delayed
The Supreme Court today deferred its TVA decision until at least next Monday. A Louisiana law taxing newspapers magazines and motion picture advertisements was held unconstitutional. A section of the 1934 New York milk control act allowing dealers without a well advertised trade name to sell milk a cent a quart below those with named ads was held constitutional.
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Washington
Supreme Court
TVA
Louisiana
New York
Iowa Digging Way Out After Worst Blockade
Winter storms paralyze Iowa roads and cut coal and milk supplies. Muscatine county lines show only No 60 style routes gradually opening. No 38 opened, No 61 between Davenport and Muscatine limited south segment, crews plan to clear further arteries as conditions improve.
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Wilton
Iowa City
Scott County
Davenport
Grandview
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Muscatine
No. 28
No. 61
Dalls Chances Fade for Sales in State
On Page 9 a brief notes Dall’s prospects for sales in the state diminish amid market pressure and shifting demand, indicating a slowing outlook for local commerce.
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Dall
City light plant assures coal supply remains ample
W. R. Thorson, general manager, says bins hold over 1,000 tons and there is no danger of coal shortage. Local factory officials also deny rumors of dwindling coal stocks as downtown spiking rumors spread.
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W. R. Thorson
City Light Plant
Sash and Door and Button
Muscatine County Snow Seals Roads Stranding Trucks
Heavy weekend snows marooned county roads and about three county trucks near town after a Te Strake cattle truck lodged in snow. WPA crews and county workers worked to extricate and open key routes while coal shortages worsen as dealers report very low stock and disrupted train service and mail delivery. Temperatures barely rose above four degrees at noon.
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Muscatine
WPA
F. P. G. Halbfass
Mercury
Blast Used to Shatter Huge Drift Near Allison
Dynamiting was used today to clear a 10 foot snow drift blocking highway 10 about three miles from Allison to reopen the star route to Parkersburg for mail. The town has had no mail service since Friday and the wedding of Miss Alma Constein and Henry Jacobs at Wilmar Lutheran church was postponed due to road blockages.
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Highway 10
Parkersburg
Alma Constein
Henry Jacobs
Wilmar
John Dillon 62 Dies After Six Years Illness in Muscatine
John J. Dillon 62 a Muscatine resident for 13 years died at his home 1601 Cedar street Saturday at 2 20 p m after a six year illness with heart trouble and complications He was born November 1 1873 in Delphi Indiana He married Mary Ellen Landers January 18 1898 in Chicago He leaves wife three sons James Edward and John P all of Muscatine two daughters Agnes Dillon of Burlington and Mrs Ralph Diehl of Rock Island and three grandchildren Surviving brothers and a deceased two sons precede him Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p m from Hoffman Funeral Home with Rev Tom Foglesong in charge Burial in Greenwood cemetery Body remains at Hoffman home until rites.
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Muscatine
Cedar Street
Mr. Dillon
Delphi
Ind
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Chicago
East Union Menonite
Kalona
James
Edward
John P
Agnes Dillon
Burlington
Ralph Diehl
Rock Island
Mary Ellen
Jean Marie Dullon
Shirley Jean Diehl
Thomas
William
Hoffman Funeral
Tom Foglesong
First Christian Church
Battle to Open Highways and Railroads Faces Bitter Cold
Des Moines report says Iowa endures bitter temperatures and heavy snows as engineers and railroad workers race to free trains and clear routes. Officials warn travel is dangerous, urge staying off roads, while coal deliveries and town access remain critical.
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Des Moines
Tiowa
Highway Commission
Mrs Huey P Long Seated in Senate
Mrs Rose McConnell Long of Louisiana was sworn in to serve the unexpired term of her late husband Huey P Long. She became the second sitting woman in the Senate as Vice President Garner administered the oath amid a capacity gallery.
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Rose McConnell Long
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Huey P. Long
Senate
Garner
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen notes a rural household joke about messes triggering Bible reading and family habit shifts. The line hints at a comic view of religious practice tied to business troubles and domestic life.
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